AUBURN Ala. -- Ok, I'm going to get this out of the way early.

Auburn is terrible (actually there are a few other words, but I want to cover the SEC Championship in a few weeks).

They are worse than I thought (and I thought they were pretty lame).

There fall from grace is hard to describe.

"I don't know how they got this bad," UGA analyst Eric Zeier said.

That being said: Holy. Smokes. This was a whoopin'.

Dawgs 38, Auburn -15 (Ok it was 0, but it felt like that).

The win was no surprise. But the efficiency and the precision was something to watch.

And that's how you do it. That's how you kick around a crappy team and clinch a division title.

Not like that stuff we saw against Kentucky at home last year.

The Dawgs mucked their way the clincher against the Wildcats last season and were fortunate to win 19-10.

Tonight, there was no mucking around.

It was 28-0 as quick as Georgia could march down the field four times. The only thing that moved faster was the Auburn fans tying to leave the stadium. The only thing left wearing orange was the band.

"We jumped on them right away," said the always understated Mark Richt. "You just don't know what will happen if they gain any kind of momentum."

This had the potential to be a dangerous game for the Bulldogs. Or at least it seemed like it.

This was a team desperate for some good news. It was only two short years ago that this group won it all.

"There are a lot of guys over in that locker room that have national championship rings and know how to win at a high level," said UGA tight ends coach John Lilly. "We recruited those guys and think highly of them and still do."

The Dawgs could have named their score tonight. Very little went wrong.

Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall both went over 100 yards.

The defense Georgia defense shutout Auburn for the first time since 1976.

Aaron Murray, on his 22nd birthday, threw three TDs and completed 75 percent of his  passes.

"When it was 14-0 nothing I knew with the way the defensive was playing it was over," said Murray.

And this group is looked stout again.

In the first seven games the UGA defense allowed 167.8 yards per game. Since then, 59.3.

"Our defensive has really been fantastic," said Richt. "It's hard to lose when you are playing that good on defense."

I don't know if Georgia can beat Alabama, but that's a good way to start.

This team has now scored 75 unanswered points in its last two games and couldn't be playing much better.

I sure didn't think I would write that in October after beat down in Columbia and the sleep walk in Lexington.

But it's a long season. Georgia has won the SEC East again. There was celebrating, but this team acted like it was supposed to be in this place. The other team from this state is the one they really want.

"This is definitely a first step," said Murray. "But goal number one is we want to win in Atlanta. I think our guys our pumped but we've got to be ready in three weeks."

I don't know if they can beat the Tide. But clearly it can be done.

There are few teams in the country playing better than Georgia. And tonight they did exactly what great teams are supposed to do.

Take a bad opponent and destroy them.

I'm not sure if this team will win the conference, but I do know this, it's better than last year's team.

If Alabama wins it won't do it won't be by 32 (LSU's margin of victory last year).

These guys are good. They are better. Right now, they don't have much of a weakness (well, the offensive line could play better, but there is three weeks to get that figured out.)

The Bulldogs are a worthy champion.

Now let's see which championship they finish with.